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Storyboarding a Serious Comic

Created by the Community Prevention
and Intervention Unit ofUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center with a grant funded bythe Centers for Disease Control (CDC).PROFILE

SITUATIONPrevention with Positives (PwP) is
an initiative to help persons living withHIV to get assistance and care through 10 components and relatedresources.•UTSW wanted to share the importance of PwP.•Did not with traditional elearning.•More of an awareness campaign in support of CDC initiative.•Tell a story about the journey of two people with differentcircumstances learning of their HIV positive status and the managedcare received.

SOLUTIONWrite a story with an
educational emphasis presented in a graphic novelformat and comic style artwork. Develop in an accessible authoringsoftware for packaging and delivery to the PwP website.

Health Department Community Health Clinic
Community Support CenterThe story revolved around three Community-BasedOrganizations (CBOs) that had to look similar as theyare all in the same urban neighborhood.